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  1. 99 Modern Blocks Quilt Along

    January 24, 2012 by elfqueen

    Stone Cathedral - Designed by Heather Bostic

    Have any of you heard of the website SeamedUp? It is a new social site where seamstresses of all levels and interests can come together and share projects, pictures, ideas and much more!

    Pinball Machine - Designed by Jessica Brown

    With the New Year, they began a daily block quilt along. They choose a block from the book, “Modern Blocks: 99 Quilt Blocks From Your Favorite Designers, and you can join in any day or days you like. You are able to link your project to the book and are able view all other projects linked by other members. It is fun to see how others are interpreting each of these fun and modern blocks.

    You've Been Framed - Designed by Natasha Bruecher

    I would love to complete a block every day. If only. I have completed a couple of them.

    Riverbank - Designed by Tiffany Stephens

    The best part of this project for me is the variety of techniques and patterns are really stretching my sewing ability. I have begun to focus more on my accuracy and the quality of my stitching and piecing. Up to this point, I have been so enthralled in the creative aspect of quilting, that I have not put any sincere effort into my precision.

    You've Been Framed - Designed by Natasha Bruecher

    This is an exciting turn for me. I really want to become the best I can be! I love creating this beautiful and most importantly, comforting art!

    Blue Lagoon - Designed by Pat Sloan

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  2. Sewing for Charity

    January 18, 2012 by elfqueen

    I am working on many projects right now.  I burned my feet in December and was on bed-rest for several weeks, besides the week spent in the hospital receiving skin grafts.  That adds up to almost a month of NO SEWING! I jumped back in with both feet and am participating in a couple of quilt alongs, sew alongs, as well as a couple of charity projects.

    One of the charity projects I am contributing to is through Hopeful Threads.  This wonderful site puts together monthly charity projects suitable for all ability levels.  This month’s project is providing solid colored bloomers to Annabell’s Wish.  Annabell’s Wish will be distributing the bloomers to an orphanage in China.

    After searching blogland for over 2 hours, I was unable to find a FREE tutorial for bloomers that didn’t assume I had the child with me to provide needed measurements.  Fortunately, Hopeful Threads has teamed up with Create H.O.P.E., a group of designers who have donated a collection of lovely pdf patterns for the low price of $5 each.  I downloaded the pattern for 30 Minute Shorts and together with a very helpful tutorial from Hopeful Threads, easily transformed the shorts into bloomers!

     

     

    It took me almost a week to finish 5 pair of bloomers.  I should have been done in a day.  Maybe it was my daughter watching television in my studio all week.  Hmmm.  Maybe it was because I was Facebooking while sewing.  Yea, that’s probably more like it.   I hope the bright colors will bring a little sunshine to those little girls.  A week is a long time to spend sewing 5 pairs of bloomers.   On the other hand, a week isn’t a very long time to spend praying for the 5 sweet little girls who will be wearing them!

    Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.  Isaiah 1:17

     

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  3. Tea Garden Postage Stamp – Quilt Along

    February 5, 2011 by elfqueen

    This Quilt Along was so much fun!  

    Postage Stamp Quilt close up - Tea Garden fabric by Dena Designs.

     I loved that I was able to compare my progress with others who were working on the project and to see the colors and combinations that they chose to make their postage stamp quilts.  Check out the other quilts in our group! Such a lovely variety of fabric styles.  The quilts each have their own individual personalities. 

    Pink and Yellow Print for Binding - Stripes for Backing

    I was inspired to try new combinations and my final binding and backing choices were really inspired by one of the winners!  She was so good that not only did she finish the piecing of the quilt top for the contest drawing, she finished the binding and backing and quilted it in simple parallel stitch.  I love the look of it.   The simplicity of the quilting goes well with the busyness (word?) of the postage stamp quilt.  So many small squares! 

    I would like to try another one, but this time using all prints and no solids.  I think it will be beautiful!  I just need to pick out the perfect fabric!!!  Decisions… decisions!

    Oh yeah, by the way…

    I am going to start this Single Girl Quilt Along with Sew Fantastic in 10 days. 

    I will be using this fabric! 

    Can’t wait!  It is going to be beautiful!

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  4. Tea Garden Postage Stamp Quilt View 2

    February 5, 2011 by elfqueen

    I didn’t win any prizes in the contest giveaway, but I finished the top in the nick of time

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  5. Finished – Tea Garden Postage Stamp Quilt Along

    February 5, 2011 by elfqueen

    Well I finished the top of the Postage Stamp Quilt!

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  6. Postage Stamp QAL (Quilt Along)

    January 26, 2011 by elfqueen

    I finished the strips that I have.  I am going to go ahead and start the patchwork with what I have so far, because I am already so far behind!  Here is the instructions for the legwork and the patchwork.  P.S. I Quilt  also has a group on Flickr where you can see all the different quilts that everyone is making!  It is so great to see the variety and get ideas for what I can do differently to make another one later!  This really is an easy peasy pie quilt so far!  A lot of pressing (which I find as therapeutic as the sewing sometimes.  I am using Best Press.  This is my first bottle of it and I REALLY LOVE the smell of it!  So does my daughter!  She just wants to bury her face in the fabric when I am pressing with it!

      

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  7. Postage Stamp Quilt Along

    January 23, 2011 by elfqueen

    I was recently meandering through the sewing blogosphere, when I came across a term that caught my interest.  Postage Stamp Quilt. Somebody was selling fabric I believe and suggested it for a postage stamp quilt and somewhere there was a link to this Postage Stamp Quilt.  Its over at this great blog called PS I Quilt.  Well it gets even better.  Can you say Quilt Along!  I am going to join in an you can follow along!  Wanna Quilt Along too?  Come on!  It’ll be a lot of fun!!!

    You need two jelly rolls – one solid and one print.  The materials needed are here.

    Instructions to get started.

    Postage Stamp Quilt Along Clover Strips

    Postage Stamp Quilt Along Serene Strips

    Postage Stamp Quilt Along Tranquil Strip

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